My son, the light of my life, is about to turn nine years old. A week and a half left for me to enjoy his eight-year old self and brain. As an eight year old, he started solving more and more problems independently and liked it. He enjoys […]
Not today. Most definitely tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow. We’ll have to make it work somehow. But definitely not today. Not right now. For it just cannot be. These bones are tired. These bones ache. These bones wait for a reprieve. All I got is what I have […]
Have you ever wondered if your life is something out of a movie? Perhaps out of a television show? I know that often many of my past workplaces have certainly seemed to be cut out of some horror film where nightmare scenarios occur repeatedly. It’s like the silly […]
Everything in her life was out of a fairy tale. Her name. Her gifts. Her clothes. A good fairy tale where she mysteriously bypassed all hardships going straight to living the happily ever after piece. Or rather, pieces. She structured her days at college perfectly so that she […]
Despite the fact that I probably own close to 100 pairs of pants, I hate wearing pants. Nonetheless, that didn’t stop me from buying palazzo pants on Amazon Prime Day. I can’t let a good sale pass me by ever. I also bought dish scrubs, a water infuser […]
She knew this walk all too well. She knew where she would end up and how many steps it would take to be in the light. She didn’t love life. She didn’t hate it. There was just that. Amazing how life could be so mundane yet entrenched in […]
Children. So pure. So naive. So funny. My son cracks me up, warms my heart. And gives me hope. Everyday, he is everything to me. As an only child he is a bit of a chatter-box and knows he’s front and center in our lives. That’s ok. He […]
I remember many years and moons ago, there was great buzz about the closing credits of a movie. That movie, Ferris Buellers Day Off is now a classic. He did what movies are not supposed to do. It acknowledged the audience. It spoke directly to the audience. Ferris […]
They saw right through her Their look of shame was mortifying She wanted to runaway She felt dirty She felt quesy She felt devasted by herself Their eyes pierced her She knew that they knew She had no words She felt lonely She felt shame She felt […]
Dirty Worn out Broken Out of tune Standing still Swirling turmoil Splintered But yet not fallen Dusty Casted about Muted and unspoken Faded in a cacoon Hobbled Troubled Saddened Burdened A melody will rise A note will be voiced A sentiment […]